Yes, I know there are a few other brief topics about this game already but I decided to do a review anyway. And yes, this is an Aeria game. Probably the only one that doesn't suck diseased monkey balls. Onward.
EDIT: Mayn is the company -.-;
Gameplay The game seems smooth, you get quests, you need to use your skill points wisely, no sp farming. Relatively impressive for an Aeria game. Crafting and enchanting are available. You also get a SHIT load of various types of floating Asian style pets that actually benefit to your stats depending on which you have. Pet list.
Graphics Graphics are pretty nice to the eyes, cool skills, bloom effect. Not choppy and ugly and best of all an interface that doesn't cloud your screen with text/tiny text. Something that I cannot tolerate. Movement is smooth. Looks alot better then some of the Asian style games out there atm.
Music and Sounds Give or take, nothing special. The NPCs sound like they were English fan dubbed with a crappy recorder. Sound is eh, but who plays with the sound on usually?
Leveling and Skills Typical mmo style, you've got quests and skill points must be used wisely. No sp farming as said above and apparently there are skill reset items. The next set of equipment can be worn once you reach higher levels. The armors as well as skills are flashy and vibrant. You even get jump and sprint skills
Factions There are several choices to make during character creation. You can customize your character's appearance, but you must also choose a Faction.
Each faction has different strengths and weaknesses, as well as different weapons. However, each faction has three types of weapons. While you select a weapon at this screen, you may also purchase and use a different weapon type once in game.
* Offense - Greater attack power, but lower defense. * Defense - Greater defense, but lower attack power. * Ranged - Skills can be used at range.
Spoiler!
Guanyin (Dragon) The Guanyin are a tranquil faction, believing in harmony and balance. This has often caused foes to underestimate them, assuming that they are weak. However, there is nothing weak in these warriors, and they demonstrate that balance is a strength!
* City: Kailan Fortress * Weapons: o Sword o Blade o Marble * Gate Master: Rei
Fujin (Snake) Fujin warriors are an intimidating sight, with speed and grace in their favor. They are a stealthy faction, preferring quick strikes and even assassination.
* City: Ling Chi Fortress * Weapons: o Katana o Double Blade o Lute * Gate Master: Miko
Jinong (Tiger) Born in a brutal land, the Jinong are merciless killers. These are not misunderstood savages, they are simply savage. They have no mercy for the weak or fallen, and live for war, battle, and conquest.
* City: Ronyan Fortress * Weapons: o Spear o Light Blade o Scepter * Gate Master: Tai
Nangin (????) The Nangin are comprised of members from the 3 main Factions. Masters are given the option to join the Nangin, to leave their Guilds, friends, and lands in order to follow the mysterious Nangin Guardian.
* City: Taitu Fortress * Weapons: Nangin use the weapons of their former Faction * Gate Master: Vuo
PvP Combat
Spoiler!
Battle Grounds In Twelve Sky 2, PvP Battle Grounds are split among different level brackets. When a character is eligible for a specific level bracket, a notification message will appear in the System Messages window. This notification will occur every minute for the 10 minutes prior to the Zone opening.
* Battle Grounds Once the Zone opens, you have 3 minutes to travel to the Battle Zone. * Travel to Battle Grounds takes place through the Guard Captain NPC. (Additionally, a message pops up. If you press OK, you are automatically teleported to the war.) * After 3 minutes elapse, no more travel into the zone is allowed. * Once the Zone closes, players are granted 1 minute to prepare before the Battle begins. * There are three different types of Battles: o Annihilation: All other Faction members must DIE (Most kills wins, team deathmatch style.) o Holy Stone Destruction: The other 2 Faction Holy Stones must be destroyed. o Zone Capture: Faction must hold a formation for a set time period (Five minutes)
Duel System The Duel system allows players of the same faction to battle one another. Because dueling is a friendly contest, the defeated character does not respawn at their nearest spawn location, but rather they respawn where they fell.
* Shift+Click another character. * Select "Duel" from the character menu. * Players must agree on the terms of the duel: Pills and Tablets allowed or prohibited. * Once begun, the character names of the participants will change. * Last one standing wins the battle!
Faction Invasion Capturing Faction Stones
Each Faction has a Faction Stone in their maps. This stone grants benefits to other Factions if captured, so it must be protected during invasion!
* Capturing and retrieving Faction Stones is allowed twice a week, Every Tuesday and Friday from 9PM~12AM. * No standard or mission battles will be held during this time. * Capturing a Faction Stone grants benefits: o 1 Faction Stone increases 10% Damage, if it is from another Faction. o 1 Faction Stone increases 10% Faction’s Treasury accumulation. * Punishment for loss of Faction Stone o Master Level and above players lose 10% Damage to Monsters
Guardian Shield
Guardian Shields defend Faction Zones from invasion. Invading Factions must destroy all Guardians in the Shield in order to move into the next zone.
Guild System
Spoiler!
Once a player reaches level 30, they are able to create a Guild. There are 5 guild levels, and each has specific requirements as well as additional privileges. A Guild must be completely full (maximum members) before it can be expanded to the next rank.
Guild Rank: Squad
* Guild Leader Requirements: Level 30 * Cost: 10 Million Silver * Maximum Members: 10 * Guild Abilities (retained at higher levels) o Guild Chat o Public Notice o Guild Member Dismissal
Guild Rank: Group
* Guild Leader Requirements: 100+ CP * Cost: 10 Million Silver * Maximum Members: 20 * Guild Abilities (retained at higher levels) o Guild Notification
Guild Rank: Sect
* Guild Leader Requirements: 500+ CP * Cost: 20 Million Silver * Maximum Members: 30 * Guild Abilities (retained at higher levels) o Appoint Vice Guild Leader
Guild Rank: House
* Guild Leader Requirements: 1000+ CP * Cost: 30 Million Silver * Maximum Members: 40 * Guild Abilities (retained at higher levels) o Grant Title
Guild Rank: House
* Guild Leader Requirements: 5000+ CP * Cost: 50 Million Silver * Maximum Members: 50 o Guild Leader's title changes from House Chief to House Master.
Master-Apprentice System
Spoiler!
The Master-Apprentice system allows players of Master level (M1 and up) to assist lower level players (112 and below. Master-Apprentice Request
Initiating the M-A System is simple. Once a player reaches Master level, they can Shift+Click on a player level 112 or below and select "M-A Req."
Benefits:
* Master - Merit points will be awarded to the Master according to the Experience the Apprentice gains. They will also gain Experience from the Apprentice's kills. (must be in range) * Apprentice - 1.5x Exp when killing monsters
The Master must remain near the Apprentice in order to receive benefits.
If both characters are not within visual range, the Master level character will receive no benefits.
Events Monday * Slaughterfest! Your Contribution Points gained is double in all zones. Tuesday * Obedience School! pet experience gained is double. Wednesday * Saigo Buyers and Sellers Event (B.A.S.E.)! Be the first to buy cheap items from the GM's shop or open up your own to be randomly selected to win prizes. Thursday * Monster Spawn! GM's will be spawning monsters in different zones. Friday * Party Time and No Death! Party-based exp gain will be doubled and death will not result in experience loss. Saturday * Double Exp! your experience will be doubled! Sunday * Double Drop Rate! your drop rate is doubled!
Tid-Bits Character deletion is instant. 2 easy to login server, relatively full but never a server full message. Ftp with item mall. Characters can pick either server, as in you are not bound to one or the other. Client size is 2GB.
Overview This game is actually pretty fun, I know it hasn't got much hype or maybe none at all but if you give it even just a few minutes you may like it too. The bloom effect really does wonders for the graphics. I'd say it's a game at least worth trying. I haven't had much time to play any mmo lately but the bit I was playing this I enjoyed quite a bit. So give it a try why dontcha?
Well, hope you enjoyed this review and give the game a try~
Re: Twelve Sky 2 (Review)
Posted: Wed Jul 29, 2009 9:52 am
by Crowley
Looks pretty nice, I might try it sometime.
Re: Twelve Sky 2 (Review)
Posted: Wed Jul 29, 2009 10:18 am
by Toasty
I'm guessing the client size isn't 1.6mb?
But ya, nice review. I'm actually gonna try it.
Re: Twelve Sky 2 (Review)
Posted: Wed Jul 29, 2009 11:31 am
by Nitro
I tought, woah, a nice game... then i saw how its possible to run and how high you can jump... Totally ruined the game...
Re: Twelve Sky 2 (Review)
Posted: Wed Jul 29, 2009 2:02 pm
by Sacchin
Toasty wrote:I'm guessing the client size isn't 1.6mb?
But ya, nice review. I'm actually gonna try it.
Sorry, it's 5.44MB*
Nitro wrote:I tought, woah, a nice game... then i saw how its possible to run and how high you can jump... Totally ruined the game...
Running and jumping can be upgraded like skills periodically I believe. Jackal has a skill where he jumps high off my screen.
Re: Twelve Sky 2 (Review)
Posted: Wed Jul 29, 2009 2:16 pm
by [SD]happynoobing
think i'll give this game a try. from the videos, movement seems rather stiff and sound effect doesn't align with the actions.
how's the leveling? easy? grindy?
Re: Twelve Sky 2 (Review)
Posted: Wed Jul 29, 2009 3:41 pm
by Sacchin
[SD]happynoobing wrote:think i'll give this game a try. from the videos, movement seems rather stiff and sound effect doesn't align with the actions.
how's the leveling? easy? grindy?
I couldn't find any good quality videos unfortunately. I'm only lvl 14 atm so not sure how the grinding is.
Re: Twelve Sky 2 (Review)
Posted: Wed Jul 29, 2009 8:35 pm
by DarkJackal
Sacchin wrote:
Toasty wrote:I'm guessing the client size isn't 1.6mb?
But ya, nice review. I'm actually gonna try it.
Sorry, it's 5.44MB*
Nitro wrote:I tought, woah, a nice game... then i saw how its possible to run and how high you can jump... Totally ruined the game...
Running and jumping can be upgraded like skills periodically I believe. Jackal has a skill where he jumps high off my screen.
Yea, you can jump up on buildings and stuff with it lol.
Re: Twelve Sky 2 (Review)
Posted: Wed Jul 29, 2009 10:28 pm
by John_Doe
looks fugly
Re: Twelve Sky 2 (Review)
Posted: Wed Jul 29, 2009 10:35 pm
by Sacchin
John_Doe wrote:looks fugly
Fugly like this queer shit?
Re: Twelve Sky 2 (Review)
Posted: Wed Jul 29, 2009 10:48 pm
by -.-
is it like dragonsky from same company? looks about same, but i'm not really wanting to switch games if they are similar unless game is really better
Re: Twelve Sky 2 (Review)
Posted: Wed Jul 29, 2009 10:56 pm
by Sacchin
-.- wrote:is it like dragonsky from same company? looks about same, but i'm not really wanting to switch games if they are similar unless game is really better
Dear God no. Dragonsky is pure shit and gritty.
Re: Twelve Sky 2 (Review)
Posted: Wed Jul 29, 2009 11:49 pm
by Miguez
I played the beta, didn't like it at all.
Re: Twelve Sky 2 (Review)
Posted: Wed Jul 29, 2009 11:54 pm
by Sacchin
Thee_UniQue wrote:I played the beta, didn't like it at all.
I read the game was revamped heavily after the beta, but I could be wrong.
Re: Twelve Sky 2 (Review)
Posted: Thu Jul 30, 2009 1:01 am
by Kirkaldi
Sacchin wrote:Yes, I know there are a few other brief topics about this game already but I decided to do a review anyway. And yes, this is an Aeria game. Probably the only one that doesn't suck diseased monkey balls. Onward.
LOL.
I was gonna play this but I downloaded Twelve Sky 1 by accident and then I didn't want to download Twelve Sky 2.
Re: Twelve Sky 2 (Review)
Posted: Thu Jul 30, 2009 2:40 am
by John_Doe
Sacchin wrote:
John_Doe wrote:looks fugly
Fugly like this queer shit?
Not fugly in a graphic way, but gameplay-wise. So sluggish and uncordinated.
Re: Twelve Sky 2 (Review)
Posted: Thu Jul 30, 2009 2:47 am
by DarkJackal
Havent played that much, but fomr what I played everything was fairly smooth, the only thing that was annoying was the jump skill.
Re: Twelve Sky 2 (Review)
Posted: Thu Jul 30, 2009 2:51 am
by Sacchin
John_Doe wrote:
Sacchin wrote:
John_Doe wrote:looks fugly
Fugly like this queer shit?
[img]http://sroisgay[img]
Not fugly in a graphic way, but gameplay-wise. So sluggish and uncordinated.
Hm, it's running smoothly for me atm like I said, the videos rather suck. Doesn't hurt to try ;d
Re: Twelve Sky 2 (Review)
Posted: Thu Jul 30, 2009 3:05 am
by Barotix
Looks like 9 Dragons.
Re: Twelve Sky 2 (Review)
Posted: Thu Jul 30, 2009 3:08 am
by Sacchin
Barotix wrote:Looks like 9 Dragons.
The 2 seem to be compared often, then noobs argue which is better. It looks like 9 Dragons has a different Asian look to it compared to Twelve Sky 2. I'll have to check 9 Dragons out and see.
Re: Twelve Sky 2 (Review)
Posted: Thu Jul 30, 2009 4:35 am
by Amelie
Hell no.
9dragons> Twelve Sky2
I wouldnt even compare them. Only bad thing about 9dragons is the ultimate grind you need to do, even worse than sro.
Tho nice review, Sachin. i could play it just for giggles, but i barely have time to play PangYa.
Re: Twelve Sky 2 (Review)
Posted: Thu Jul 30, 2009 5:43 am
by Crowley
Barotix wrote:Looks like 9 Dragons.
Love that game
Re: Twelve Sky 2 (Review)
Posted: Thu Jul 30, 2009 4:26 pm
by Kirkaldi
Tsume wrote:
Barotix wrote:Looks like 9 Dragons.
Love that game
Oh my god That game sucks. Please leave this way.
Re: Twelve Sky 2 (Review)
Posted: Thu Jul 30, 2009 5:34 pm
by inky
Looks good but in dire need of leather coats and dark cloaks for costumes.
Re: Twelve Sky 2 (Review)
Posted: Thu Jul 30, 2009 11:56 pm
by FireVortex
Says to me the client is 2gb. Ill b wuggles as always.
Re: Twelve Sky 2 (Review)
Posted: Fri Jul 31, 2009 12:24 am
by Sacchin
FireVortex wrote:Says to me the client is 2gb. Ill b wuggles as always.
Yeah, it is 2GB, my bad (again).
Re: Twelve Sky 2 (Review)
Posted: Fri Jul 31, 2009 12:28 am
by FireVortex
Sacchin wrote:
FireVortex wrote:Says to me the client is 2gb. Ill b wuggles as always.
Yeah, it is 2GB, my bad (again).
What server u on.
Btw is there anyway to increase attck speed. I fight like an old lady.
Re: Twelve Sky 2 (Review)
Posted: Fri Jul 31, 2009 2:23 am
by Sacchin
FireVortex wrote:
Sacchin wrote:
FireVortex wrote:Says to me the client is 2gb. Ill b wuggles as always.
Yeah, it is 2GB, my bad (again).
What server u on.
Btw is there anyway to increase attck speed. I fight like an old lady.
Jackal and I play on whichever is the least populated, it seems they are server merging soon, hope that doesn't mean one freakin over populated server. Anyway, we're still trying out all the classes.
Probably skills, there are special skills any class can get gradually in the game.
Re: Twelve Sky 2 (Review)
Posted: Fri Jul 31, 2009 8:55 pm
by FireVortex
Must say making money is extremely easy. BTW Sacchin did u guys fight a monster that goes naked after it almost dies...
Re: Twelve Sky 2 (Review)
Posted: Fri Jul 31, 2009 9:00 pm
by Sacchin
FireVortex wrote:Must say making money is extremely easy. BTW Sacchin did u guys fight a monster that goes naked after it almost dies...
Character deletion is instant.
That game sucks. Please leave this way.